Cocaine Cowboys Featured Articles

Mass Appeal - Altered State - "Now that Tony Montana is on pajamas, it's time to let his fairytale sleep. Rakontur's documentaries deliver Florida's raw, rugged and rich to your home. For real."

Loaded - Meet the Worlds Most Evil Woman - "Guns. Drugs. Violent death. loaded looks at Cocaine Cowboys, the new film about the men - and one violent lady - behind the drugs war that inspired Scarface. "

GQ (UK) - High Society - "The rise and fall of the worlds cocaine capital, Miami, on film. "...."Cocaine Cowboys' Billy Corben talks Guns'n'Gak..."

Total Film UK - What it's like to make a Coke Movie - "Cocaine Cowboys' Billy Corben talks Guns'n'Gak..."

Empire Magazine (UK) - Invasion USA - "Chainsaw murders. Colombian hitmen. Bent cops. If you thought Scarface was pure fiction, prepare for Cocaine Cowboys, the shocking real story behind Miami's drug wars."

AP - "Film on Miami drug trade is a bootleg hit even before release" - "Between bootleg DVDs and strong word-of-mouth, "Cocaine Cowboys" - named for a term made popular by the media in the '70s and '80s - had already become an underground hit in Miami before its theatrical release Friday."

Los Angeles Times - Feature - "A look back at Miami's vices: drugs, cash, killings...""

Ocean Drive Magazine - Miami's Vice Decade - "Local filmmakers Alfred Spellman and Billy Corben investigate South Florida's glamorous and violent '80s in their documentary Cocaine Cowboys"

The Miami Herald - Vice City - "Rewind/Fast Forward Film & Video Festival showcases 'Cocaine Cowboys', a documentary about the real-life inspiration behind 'Miami Vice'"

Miami New Times - Big Story, Big Screen  - "Two documentary filmmakers capture a time and place in Cocaine Cowboys."

Miami New Times - Confessions of a Trafficker - "Jon Roberts was a big-time Miami coke dealer who did time in the big house."

Radar - Welcome to Miami  - "While the hyper pace of Cocaine Cowboys is obviously meant to emulate the feeling of being on coke, for anyone who's met Corben and Spellman, one wonders if it's just a case of method filmmaking. These guys think fast and talk even faster—think Sean Penn in Carlito's Way."

City Link - Miami Splice - "Billy Corben and Alfred Spellman document Florida's seedy underbelly."